Okpebholo appoints Secretary to Edo Traditional Medicine Board

BENIN CITY – The Governor of Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has approved the appointment of Mrs. Ganiyat Vivian Uwaifo as Secretary to the Edo State Traditional Medicine Board (TMB), in a move aimed at strengthening the regulation and...

‘Boss Lady’ Launches Artiste Diggy Rich To Spotlight

‘Boss Lady’, the single by upcoming music artiste, Diggy Rich, has launched her into the spotlight in the Nigerian music industry. The song which can be heard on radio airwaves, clubs, supermarkets, filling stations and other public spaces, is...

NDE Trains 335 Persons In Six Vocations Under RHEI Phase 2 In Edo 

2 BENIN – No fewer than 335 persons in Edo State are currently participating in the National Directorate of Employment, NDE’s training scheme, being carried out by the Rural Employment Promotion (REP) department of the directorate, under the...

Top Nigerian Newspaper Headlines For Today, Saturday, 18th October, 2025

Good morning, Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Saturday, 18th October, 2025. A senior adviser to U.S President, Donald Trump, on Arab and African Affairs, Massad Boulos, has dismissed...

NURAC Applauds UI, Unilag Ranking In Top 1000 Global Varsities

He noted that the Times Higher Education uses 18 carefully calibrated performance indicators to provide a comprehensive and balanced comparison, trusted by students, academics, university leaders, industry, and governments in ranking universities...

FG Distributes Inputs, Equipment To 500 Smallholder Farmers In Edo

1 As part of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s agricultural reform, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, has distributed inputs and equipment to over 500 smallholder farmers in Edo State. Senator Abubakar Kyari, the Minister of...

Nigeria: No blackouts in Q2 but generation capacity decreased

The Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry did not suffer a blackout in the second quarter of 2025, mirroring its first quarter, though a grid collapse on 10 September does mar the good news. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (NERC)...

The phenomenon of certificate forgery in Nigeria how to overcome it

With a case study: the “Benin six months degree” and the governance challenge when a minister resigns amid forgery allegations Certificate forgery in Nigeria fake diplomas, doctored transcripts and counterfeit professional certificates is...

13 Years After, NDDC Inaugurates Multi-Million Naira Delta Office With Assurance of Completing Legacy Projects in Niger Delta

Sylvester Idowu in Warri The multi-million-naira Delta State office of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) was yesterday inaugurated with an assurance that all legacy projects in the region will be completed in line with President Bola...

Banking without sleep: FirstBank unveils 24-hour digital hub, signals major shift in banking

The First Bank of Nigeria Limited has launched a 24-hour digital banking services hub in Abuja The 24-hour Digital Experience Centre (DXC) is the first of its kind in the Nigerian banking industry The bank disclosed that the DXC will handle normal...

Molecular Valency -By Tony Osakpamwan Agbons

As a young science student at Edokpolo Grammar School Benin City, Chemistry and English Language were my favourite subjects going into final year. For the former, I recall with nostalgia such interesting topics like the periodic table, atomic...

Nifty, Sensex Trying to Form a Base - Monday Market Report

On Monday, 1911 stocks advanced, 2281 declined and 195 remained unchanged on Bombay Stock Exchange with advance decline ratio of 0.83 indicating a negative closing. After holding in bullish territory for three consecutive sessions, Moneylife’s...

U.K. Police Just Seized £5.5 Billion in Bitcoin — The World’s Largest Crypto Bust

A Chinese national has been convicted for her role in a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme after law enforcement authorities in the U.K. confiscated £5.5 billion (about $7.39 billion) during a raid of her home in London. The cryptocurrency seizure,...

Is the worst over in Nigeria? – Punch

President Bola Tinubu appears detached from the people he leads. Despite his self-declared situational awareness of all things Nigerian, some of his officials seem to be shielding him from the harsh realities of the biting hardship in Nigeria....

EDHA passes ₦779bn supplementary budget

… confirms nine nominees BY KEN ABU BENIN CITY: Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has faulted the immediate past administration’s commissioning of uncompleted projects in the state, describing the move as deceptive and unfair to Edo...

Certificate Racketeering: House of Reps committee visits YABATECH

The House of Representatives Joint Committee on Tertiary Education, chaired by Hon. Abubakar Hassan Fulata from Birniwa/Guri/Kirikasamma Federal Constituency, Jigawa State, visited Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) to investigate allegations...

Niger Delta roads are nightmares, says Gov Oborevwori

Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, has described the state of roads in the Niger Delta region as nightmarish, saying motorists go through a lot navigating the roads. He canvassed a partnership between the state governments in the region and...

FG distributes inputs, equipment to 500 farmers in Edo

The Federal Government on Tuesday distributed agricultural inputs and equipment to more than 500 small holder farmers in Edo. By Usman Aliyu The Federal Government on Tuesday distributed agricultural inputs and equipment to more than 500 small...

Interpol operation disrupts romance scam and sextortion networks in Africa

Authorities arrested 260 cybercrime suspects during a two-week operation spanning 14 African countries, Interpol announced Friday. The globally coordinated summertime crackdown dubbed “Operation Contender 3.0” targeted criminal networks that...

Nigeria meets Ghana on the big screen as ‘I BAD’ set to premiere in Accra

Accra is set to host one of the biggest film events of the year, a collaboration between Nigeria’s Nollywood and Ghana’s Ghallywood industries. The highly anticipated movie ‘I BAD’ will premiere at Silverbird Cinemas, Accra Mall, on Friday,...